Landis's Science Classes

Announcements:

• Chapter 5 test: Mon 5/2
• Rocket materials must be in class by Fri 5/6!
• Mid-term grading day: Fri 5/6 – early release
• Chapter 6 puzzle due: Mon 5/9

Mon:

• Test: chapter 5 – Forces
• For Mon 5/9: begin ch 6 reading assignment – puzzle

Tues:

• Direct instruction: Newton’s 1st Law of Motion
  • ISP_Notes_1st Law
• Demo: 1st law
• Practice handout: Net Force & 1st Law
  • skillsheet 6.1_Net force & 1st law
  • skillsheet 6.1 answers

Wed:

• Rocket project materials must be in class by Friday!
• Lab: Newton’s 1st & 2nd law
  • Lab 6A_Newton’s 1st & 2nd Law

Thurs:

• Direct instruction: Newton’s 2nd law
  • ISP_Notes_2nd Law
• Debrief Wed lab, complete lab reports and hand in

Fri:

• EARLY RELEASE – MID- TERM GRADING DAY – 40 MIN PERIOD
• Rocket project
  • intro
  • begin work
  • ISP_Rockets

Announcements:

• Plants quiz: Thurs 4/5 – packet due
• Lab quiz: Comparison of plants: Thurs 4/5
• Mid-term grading day: Fri 5/6 – early release

Mon:

• Revise Fri notes
• Discuss #1 – 10 assignment
• For Tues: complete #11 – 14, 37 – 44 in plants packet
• Lab: Comparison of Plants
  • Lab_Comparison of Plants

Tues:

• Discuss Mon assignment
• For Wed: #45 – 53 in packet
• Handout: What to know: plants quiz
  • Plants short test – what to know
• Finish Plants lab

Wed:

• Debrief lab: lab quiz tomorrow
• Discuss #45 – 53 assignment – packet due tomorrow
• Review for plants quizzes tomorrow
• plants review notes_2016_5_4

Thurs:

• Hand in plants packet
• Quiz – plants
• Lab quiz: Comparison of plants
• For Fri: read ch 3-1/3-2, complete #1 – 20 in packet
  • ch 3 review sheet

Fri:

• EARLY RELEASE: MID-TERM GRADING DAY: 40 MIN PERIODS
• Direct instruction: ch 3-1/3-2
  • ch 3.1 & 3.2 notes
• Discuss # 1 – 20
• Group inquiry activity: Energy transfer
  • Group Inquiry: Energy Transfer

Announcements:

• Chapter 5 puzzle due: Thurs 5/28
• Chapter 5 test: Mon 5/2

Mon:

• Revise Fri notes
• Debrief Force lab, hand in report
• Direct instruction: Weight & Mass
  • ISP_Notes_Weight and Mass
• Kahoot review – weight & mass
• Practice handout: weight & mass
  • ISP_Worksheet_Weight and Mass

Tues:

• Debrief Weight & Mass practice handout
  • answers to weight & mass practice
• Lab: Friction & Force
  • Lab 5B_Friction

Wed:

• Finish Friction lab, debrief, hand in report
• Direct instruction: Friction
  • ISP_Notes_Friction

Thurs:

• Hand in ch 5 puzzle
• Direct instruction: Equilibrium
  • ISP_Notes_Equilibrium
• Practice handout: Equilibrium
  • ISP_Worksheet_Equilibrium
  • answers to equilibrium practice

Fri:

• Kahoot quiz: Equilibrium & net force
• Chapter 5 review sheet – Test Monday
  • Chapter 5 Review Sheet
    • answers to ch 5 review sheet

Announcements:

• Lab quiz: Classification lab: Mon 4/25
• Ch 26 packet due: Tues 4/26
• Animal Kingdom test questions due: End of period, Tues 4/26
• Animal Kingdom presentations begin: Wed 4/27
• Test: Animal Kingdom: Fri 4/29
• Biology notebooks due: Fri 4/29

Mon:

• Lab quiz: Classification lab
• Discuss #1 – 12 assignment – ch 26
• For Tues: complete #13 – 21 in packet – packet due Tues
• Work on Animal Kingdom presentations – Google docs

Tues:

• Debrief lab quiz
• Discuss #13 – 21 assignment, hand in ch 26 packets
• Finish Animal Kingdom presentations – test questions due end of period today
  • Presentations begin tomorrow

Wed:

• Handout: What to know – animals test
  • Animal Kingdom Short Test what to know
• Animal Kingdom presentations

Thurs:

• Finish Animal Kingdom presentations
• Review for Animals test tomorrow

Fri:

• Hand in Biology notebooks
  • bio notebook_what to include_2016_4_29
• Test: Animal Kingdom
• For Mon: Read ch 22-1, complete # 1 – 10 in plants packet
  • Chapter 22-25 Plants packet
• Direct instruction: ch 22-1
  • ch 22-1 notes

Announcements:

• Quiz: Chapter 18: Thurs 4/21 – ch 18 packet due
• Lab quiz: Caminalcules lab: Mon 4/25

Mon:

• Handout: What to know: Ch 18 quiz (quiz is Thurs)
  • Chapter 18 quiz – what to know
• Lab: Classification of Caminalcules
  • caminalcules student handouts A & B
  • 01_Caminalcules Lab

Tues:

• Revise Mon notes
• Direct instruction: ch 18-2
  • ch 18.2 notes
• Discuss #10 – 18
• For Wed: read ch 18-3, complete # 19 – 27
• Work on Caminalcules lab

Wed:

• Revise Tues notes
• Direct instruction: ch 18-3
  • ch 18.3 notes
• Discuss # 19 – 27. Packet due tomorrow
• Quiz review: ch 18
• Handout: Lab quiz study guide: Caminalcules – quiz is Mon 4/25
  • Caminalculues lab quiz study guide
• Work on Caminalcules

Thurs:

• Hand in ch 18 packets
• Quiz: ch 18
• Finish Caminalcules lab

Fri:

• Debrief quiz
• Debrief Caminalcules lab, hand in data
• Handout: What to Know: Animal Kingdom test
  • Animal Kingdom Short Test what to know
• Direct instruction: Ch 26-1
  • ch 26.1 notes
• For Mon: read ch 26-1, complete #1 – 12 in packet
• Animal Kingdom presentations
  • Animal Groups presentations instructions and scoring rubric
  • Animal Kingdom presentations note-taking table
  • Example presentation:
    • Landis – Phylum Porifera presentation

Announcements:

• Chapter 4 test: Thurs 4/22
• Chapter 5 reading puzzle due: Thurs 4/28

Mon:

• Direct instruction: Free fall
  • ISP_Notes_Free_Fall
• Video clips:

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    http://laughingsquid.com/a-feather-and-a-bowling-ball-dropped-together-inside-the-worlds-largest-vacuum-chamber/

  • Activity: Analyzing graphs of motion
    • Analyzing Graphs of Motion
    • answers to analyzing graphs

Tues:

• Review: Acceleration: Kahoot!
• Acceleration story problems practice:
  • ISP_Worksheet_Acceleration Story Problems
  • answers to accel story probs practice

Wed:

• Chapter 4 review sheet & debrief
  • Chapter 4 reveiw sheet
    • answers to ch 4 review sheet
• Test review: Kahoot

Thurs:

• Test: Chapter 4
• Begin reading ch 5 – reading assignment puzzle due: Thurs 4/28
  • Chapter 5 Force puzzle

Fri:

• Direct instruction: Force
  • ISP_Notes_Ch 5_Force
• Lab 5A: What is Force?
  • Lab 5A_What is a Newton?

Announcements:

• Chapter 4 puzzle due: Tues 4/12
• Balloon Jet car project due: Thurs 4/14

Mon:

• Kahoot review: speed calculations
• Debrief Speed lab and hand in report
• Project: Balloon Jet Car
  • ISP_Balloon_Jet_Cars_2015

Tues:

• Hand in ch 4 puzzle
• Direct instruction: Velocity
  • ISP_Notes_Velocity_Grphs of Motion
• Work on cars project

Wed:

• Revise velocity notes
• Direct instruction: Acceleration
  • Notes_Acceleration
• Lab: Acceleration
  • Lab 4B_acceleration

Thurs:

• Test Balloon Jet cars, hand in report sheet
• Finish Acceleration lab& debrief

Fri:

• Revise Acceleration notes
• Finish Acceleration lab report and hand in
• Test remaining Balloon Jet cars

Announcements:

• Earth Time Scale project due: Thurs 4/14
• Evolution Unit Test: Thurs 4/14 – ch 32 puzzle due

Mon:

• Revise Fri notes
• Direct instruction: ch 32-3
  • ch 32.3 notes
  • primate flow chart_2016_4_11
• Reading assignment puzzle: due Thurs 4/14
  • ch 32-3 puzzle
• Earth Time Scale project – due Thurs 4/14
  • Time Scale project rubric & events

Tues:

• Revise ch 32-3 notes
• Work on projects

Wed:

• Evolution unit test review
• Work on projects

Thurs:

• Hand in ch 32-3 puzzle
• Unit Test: Evolution
• For Fri: read ch 18-1, complete #1 – 9 in packet
  • Chapter 18 packet

Fri:

• Debrief test
• Shoe classification: dichotomous key
• Direct instruction: ch 18-1
  • ch 18.1 notes
• Discuss #1 – 9
• For Tues: read ch 18-2, complete #10-17 in packet

Announcements:

• Test: ch 1 & 2: Wed 4/6 – ch 1/2 puzzle due
• Ch 4 puzzle due: Tues 4/12

Mon:

• Kahoot! review – significant figures
• Direct instruction: graphing review
  • Graphing notes
• Activity: graphing refresher
  • Graphing Refresher activity

Tues:

• Revise Mon notes
• Chapter 1 & 2 review sheet & debrief
  • ch 1 & 2 test review sheet
  • answers to ch 1 & 2 review sheet
• Finish graphing refresher and hand in

Wed:

• Hand in ch 1/2 puzzle
• Test: chapter 1 & 2
• Assignment: begin ch 4 puzzle – due Tues 4/12

Thurs:

• Debrief test
• Direct instruction: Speed
  • Notes_Speed
• Lab: Speed – begin
  • Lab 4A_Speed

Fri:

• Revise Thurs notes
• Direct instruction: speed calculation story problems
  • Notes_Speed Calculations
• Practice: speed calculation story problems
  • Worksheet_Speed Calculations
  • answers to speed calc story probs
• Finish Speed lab

Announcements:

• Short test: Ch 15 16: Thurs 4/7 – ch 16 packet due
• Lab quiz: Hardy-Weinberg Lab: Fri 4/8 – lab data packet due
• Ch 17 packet due: Fri 4/8

Mon:

• Direct instruction: ch 16-2
  • ch 16.2 notes
• Discuss #12 – 26 assignment
• For Tues: complete #27 – 42 in packet
• Work on  Selection lab reports – due Tues

Tues:

• Revise Mon notes
• Debrief Selection lab and hand in report
• Direct instruction: ch 16-3
  • ch 16.3 notes
• Discuss #27 – 42 assignment – packet due Thurs
• Lab: Hardy-Weinberg Principle – Case I
  • Hardy-Weinberg Lab

Wed:

• Revise Tues notes
• Hardy-Weinberg lab – Case II & debrief lab questions – Lab quiz Fri
• Review: Chapter 15 & 16 short test
  • ch 15&16 quiz review per 1_4_2016_4_6
  • ch 15&16 quiz review_per 2_2016_4_6
• For Thurs: read ch 17-1, complete # 1 – 17 in packet

Thurs:

• Hand in ch 16 packet
• Short test: ch 15 & 16
• Direct instruction: ch 17-1
  • ch 17.1 notes
• Discuss #1 – 17 assignment
• For Fri: complete # 18 – 39 in packet – packet due Fri

Fri:

• Debrief test
• Lab quiz: Hardy-Weinberg lab
• Hand in lab data packet for H-W lab
• Revise Thurs notes
• Direct instruction: ch 17-4
  • ch 17.4 notes
• Discuss # 18 – 39 assignment, hand in packet
• Video: Adaptive radiation of lemurs
  • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL74B2AB4AE4441E32